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SAN FRANCISCO -- Michelangelo "Mike" Volpi, the former Cisco
Systems executive who is now a venture partner with Index Ventures, sat across from me in the comfy
chairs of his company's office, across the street from AT&T Park. After fighting a traffic jam
during game-time to make it into the appointment, I asked him who
the Giants were playing.

"Don't know. The Pirates?" Volpi speculated (it was the Rockies).

Volpi is a European football guy, an AC Milan fan (in fact, I
already knew this, and I once played in a soccer game with
him). I guess he didn't care much about baseball. The NL
pennant race obviously didn't interest him.

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Another topic: What what about telecom and networking?

"It's not an industry that's produced a lot of innovation," said
Volpi.